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- 1 Doomsday Ruffian 末日丧彪 This is a novel about surviving the apocalypse. It tells the story of Zhang Biao, an ordinary man who gradually leads humanity in its fight against the zombies. There is no spatial system; the story aims to portray a realistic apocalypse as closely as possible. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Doomsday Survival System 末日之生存系统 Three years into the apocalypse, Li Meng was set up and died a horrible death in a zombie horde, while her daughter, Lan Sujing, narrowly escaped. During her flight, Lan Sujing unexpectedly obtained a survival System. 9Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 3 Doomsday: I Plundered Gravity from the Start, and Now I'm Invincible! 末日：开局掠夺万有引力，我无敌了！ Space tears open, and evolutionary energy floods into the human world. More than eighty percent of the global population turns into mindless zombies! When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself back on the first day of the apocalypse. Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have awakened the Zombie Plunder System! “This System can help the Host steal zombies’ supernatural abilities. Would you like to plunder one?” “Plunder!” “Successfully plundered supernatural ability [Universal Gravitation]!” Plun 41Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 4 Doomsday Rose: Redemption Among the Ruins of Campus 末日蔷薇：校园废墟中的救赎 [Apocalypse + zombies + survival + no special powers + strong heroine] After the National Day holiday, students returned to school, and a sudden zombie outbreak struck an elite high school in F City. The school was surrounded by zombies on all sides. Lin Ling was a tough school queen with exceptional fighting skills and a powerful family background. The military base where her father and older brother were stationed became everyone's only hope. How would Xu Jingzhi, the top student, and Lin L 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Me in the Apocalypse 我在末世 (This story is entirely fictional.) Ye Chen is jolted awake by the alarm blaring outside his window. He knows the zombie virus has broken out. He had already realized it before this… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Apocalypse Annihilation 末日湮灭 The apocalypse broke out. No one knew where they came from, and no one cared... At first, people waited to be rescued. Then they abandoned everything, even their humanity. The moment the first person raised a knife against a fellow human, society completed its regression. It wasn't the apocalypse that extinguished humanity. The extinction of humanity announced the apocalypse. Welcome to the apocalypse, where all life is equal. Only the true protagonist can make it to the end! Think you're the pr 24Reads—Score214d adds
- 7 Apocalypse: I Accidentally Became a Pro at Laying Low 末世：我不小心苟成了职业大佬 Reborn into an apocalypse, with zombies, demons, monsters, and the myriad races of the heavens descending upon Earth... Humanity struggles to survive in the cracks! Among the human race are powerful professionals... They can cleave mountains, fill seas, overturn the universe, and command the cycles of yin and yang, but first they have to survive! Su Yu, who possesses the [Career Life Simulator], keeps laying low and somehow ends up becoming a career powerhouse. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Doomsday Runaway 末日亡命徒 No System! No rebirth! No saintly protagonist! The zombie virus breaks out, and the world ends. Social order collapses, and human nature’s darkest side is magnified without limit. If you want to stay alive, you have to risk your life. This is a road of survival and escape. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Apocalypse: A Dead End 末日穷途 One day, Qi Lin awoke from a dream and suddenly discovered that the entire world had fallen into the apocalypse. By chance, he also discovered what made him different. And so began a journey of pressing on and fighting to survive amid despair. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Revelation of Dead Silence 死寂启示 No rebirth, no System, no superpowers This story is all about keeping it real. Qin Ning is a young wage earner. One day, by chance, he came across a report about a biting incident while scrolling online. At first, Qin Ning didn't think much of it. But as time passed, more and more strange things happened around him. He realized that, amid his ordinary days, something he knew nothing about was quietly brewing. What he didn't know was that this would change his life, and the lives of everyone else —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Four-Person Doomsday Survival Squad 末日求生四人组 (Apocalypse + zombies + one female lead + stockpiling supplies + decisive and ruthless, no saintly do-gooders + underdog makes good + rigidly straightforward man) (No System, no invincibility, no fantasy elements) A novel with none of the usual extras. The apocalypse arrives, the zombie virus spreads, and people turn into zombies one after another. To escape the zombies' attacks, we have no choice but to retreat to the place we know best: our dormitory. Faced with hordes of zombies outside, will 2.2kReads—Score19414d adds
- 12 Beneath the Zombies 丧尸之下 Also known as: In the Apocalypse, Fighting Zombies with My Friends [No supernatural abilities + 1v1 romance] An escape room turns into a zombie crisis! With no food, water, or toilet, the group works together and struggles to survive while trapped. Wait... Wasn't this supposed to be an extreme survival challenge? A wooden stick and a scalpel are one thing, but what's with this whole row of hooked spears? As a successor of socialism, I say: “Sure enough, only by following the Party can we greet t 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Zombie Siege: No One Survives 丧尸围城之无人生还 My name is Yang Tianqi, someone who was supposed to be dead. Now I'm alive for one reason only: revenge! My brothers, the woman I loved, everything I cared about is gone! So let's go crazy one more time! My name is Fury! I'll be waiting for you in hell! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Apocalypse: From Fighting My Way Through the School Building to Rebuilding Home 末世：从杀穿教学楼到重建家园 [No supernatural powers + realistic survival + one heroine + a small ensemble cast] The zombie outbreak began thirteen days before the college entrance exams. Lin Mubai, a high school student, had just finished his cleaning duty when he heard the first scream. Then the whole world began to plunge into the abyss, and he led the surviving students to the rooftop. With no way out, he took up a weapon and fought his way through the entire school building. Lin Mubai always thought this was just an or —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Redemption in the New World 新世界救赎 Keywords: zombies, apocalypse, no System, no supernatural abilities, survival, plot When a real zombie crisis strikes, you won't have various systems and supernatural abilities like the characters in other books, and you certainly won't get the chance to be reborn. When people die, their souls vanish. They may become mindless undead, wandering the streets and attacking those who were once their kind, or turn to a pile of dust, living on only in the memories of others. As the apocalypse descends, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Zombie Outbreak! How Long Can a Nobody Like Me Survive? 丧尸爆发！看我一屌丝能活多久 [One Female Lead] [No System] [An Utterly Ordinary Nobody for a Protagonist] Money and fame have become worthless. When social order collapses and the law can no longer restrain the evil in people's hearts, how low can the moral bar be set? How long can Gao Xiaofeng survive in a world where human hearts are ten thousand times more sinister than zombies? Can he hold on to his principles and morality? Will he choose to scrape by, or become a selfish, decisive, self-serving man who lives safely thr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Apocalypse’s Little Security Guard 末日小保安 [No cheat powers, just pure thrills! The story begins after the elves awaken] Night-shift security guard Li Hui is helping catch a cheater when the apocalypse strikes. I was only helping catch someone cheating, okay? What is wrong with you? You actually turned into a zombie and tried to bite me. Damn it! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Emberbound Journey: Chronicles of a Lone City's Father 余烬征途：孤城父本纪 The flames of international conflict ignite a bioweapon hell, turning bustling cities into zombie hunting grounds. Xiao Yuanzheng, an ordinary middle-class man caught between office politics in the system and the aftermath of a divorce, witnesses the complete collapse of the world of rules at the moment the apocalypse begins. The scheming of office politics, the pressure of mortgage and car payments, his distant yet unbroken bond with his ex-wife Lin Yue, and his deep but unspoken guilt toward h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Campus Zombies After the Apocalypse 末世来临之校园丧尸 [Apocalypse survival + zombies + ordinary people + students + real world + female lead + shelter + supplies + no System + no supernatural abilities + no storage space + no saintly protagonist] In a zombie-virus apocalypse, a university campus becomes the starting point for survival. Lei Ying, a student who loves zombie-apocalypse stories, turns his fantasies about surviving the end of the world into reality by building a secret shelter. But when his classmates are chased, infected, and transform 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Have a Garden on the Rooftop 我在楼顶有块田 [Zombies, surviving the apocalypse, no System, no supernatural powers, no harem, multiple perspectives] [A character-driven story: the protagonist’s mindset and personality change as events unfold, and the antagonists aren’t idiots] [Not a formulaic power fantasy. Everything is about survival] When the city became an open-air graveyard for zombies, the protagonist’s 50-square-meter rooftop vegetable garden became his lifeline in the apocalypse. When resources run short, will scarcity become the 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Surrounded by Zombies: I Am a Survivor 丧尸围城之我是幸存者 When the zombie virus really breaks out, what are we supposed to do? Slowly get used to it and accept it, or take a chance for ourselves and fight for what seems like a better future? What will you choose: live for yourself, or protect others? My name is Ling Chen. This is my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Apocalypse Overlord's Path 末世枭途 [No System] [No Superpowers] [Readers who prefer saintly characters or timid protagonists, beware] The ultimate feast of violent aesthetics; The bloodline of ancient creatures awakens; A song of ice and fire, where moral convictions clash with humanity’s distortions! Zombies arrive, order collapses, and civilization falls. As all kinds of factions rise in the apocalypse, will Su Xu struggle to survive at any cost while fleeing, or will he rise step by step, become a powerful overlord, seize th 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Surviving the Doomsday 末日之活下去 The apocalypse begins with a virus. Three people form the Huaxia Special Action Team and struggle to survive in a world where no one can be trusted and people will do anything to stay alive. There are not only survivors, but also hunters who make their living through plunder. Everything comes down to staying alive. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Cold of the Apocalypse 末日之寒 A zombie-apocalypse survival story about teamwork. No rebirth, no special powers, no evolution, no cheats, no harem, no self-sacrificing saint. Everyone is smart and capable. Pure-love warriors! A sweet romance and realistic survival. My name is Han Feng, and I'm a third-year college student. One ordinary day, a terrifying zombie crisis erupted all around me. My teammates and I fought on, for survival and for the light of humanity! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Ashes of the Apocalypse: I Become a God in the Wasteland 末日烬火：我在秽土成神 The world's last deity fell. Its divine eyes withered and became the sun and moon, its shattered remains plunged into the abyss, and its corrupted blood tainted the world. Order collapsed, living beings mutated, and despair spread. On the brink of betrayal, Yang Yan fused with the Moon Eye, replicating through life and plundering through death. From that moment on, he declared: The old gods are dead. New gods must rise. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Eternal Will: The Immortal Guard 永恒意志：不朽近卫军 A zombie story set during the Battle of Moscow. Amid the raging fires in the ruins of Moscow, he thought the zombies were his enemies, until one of them dragged him out of a pile of corpses without biting him. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person's Zombie Apocalypse 《请活下来：普通人的末日丧尸》 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person’s Zombie Apocalypse —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Corpse Road Home 归途尸途 The Corpse Road Home 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Struggled Through the Apocalypse Only to Become a Pawn 末世努力终成棋子 A retired soldier in the apocalypse. A former soldier turned PE teacher fights to survive the end of the world. A glimmer of hope in the apocalypse. Unlocking potential + genetic evolution + crystal cores. Born human, yet our fate is not our own. Humanity’s infighting has severely damaged the planet’s environment. Dwindling forests, nuclear pollution, radiation, and increasingly harsh living conditions have all sown the seeds of the apocalypse. Then, one day, a sample that rapidly accelerates th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Thirty Days at the Convenience Store 便利店30天 The most realistic story of surviving the apocalypse: how can ordinary people make it through the end of the world? No golden finger, no conventional tropes. Follow Xiao Cheng, a convenience store clerk, and experience the apocalypse from a fresh perspective. Xiao Cheng, Uncle Qin, Wu Zhe, and the others are trapped in a tiny convenience store, short on food and clothing and beset by troubles within and dangers without. Can they rely on their own strength to escape alive? 109Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 31 The Tower: Doomsday and the Self 高塔：末日世界与自我 [Apocalypse: zombies × natural disasters and human-made calamities × ensemble cast; no supernatural abilities] The human calamity brewing amid the flames destroys everything that had once been peaceful and serene. Then come the zombie crisis, natural disasters, and more human-made catastrophes. The Apocalypse arrives in silence. Some celebrate, others wail. In this world, people must watch out for zombies, face natural disasters, and beware of human treachery. Where can the masses turn? [An ense 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Apocalypse: The Road of the Dead 末世：尸途之路 [Realistic Zombie Fiction + Zombies + Apocalypse + No Superpowers + No System + No Golden Finger + The Protagonist Isn't All-Powerful + He Gets Hurt Too + He Won't Die + Don't Be Fooled by the Title + Please, I'll Get on My Knees if You Don't Read It + Realistic, Walking Dead-like Style + Best Savored Slowly + Slow-Paced] Don't fall for the superpower cliches! The real apocalypse doesn't pull its punches. No System, no superpowers, just zombies tearing into people and struggles over human nature 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Racing Through a Virus-Ridden World 驰骋在充满病毒的世界之中 Sci-fi apocalypse survival + no superpowers or System + a natural meeting that blossoms into romance + brutality, human nature, and witty humor. As the apocalypse arrives, Xue Tianqing encounters Xu Qingxue, an executive assistant to the chairman. They help each other, and their relationship gradually grows closer. Later, at a survivor camp, he meets new friends, new enemies, and a mature woman who is both righteous and wicked. What ties do these women have to Xue Tianqing? Do they belong to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Apocalypse Zombies 末世丧尸 No superpowers, no System, no pocket dimension. A realistic zombie apocalypse story. In an apocalypse crawling with zombies, most survivors stockpile food and hide, or gather a few strong teammates to huddle together for warmth. I'm different: I go around collecting beautiful women! 579Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Everyday Stockpiling for Survival in a Catastrophic Apocalypse 天灾末世囤货求生日常 Her mother's dying prophecies come true one by one. Torrential rain, plunging temperatures, heat waves, insect infestations... Disaster after disaster strikes. The space she carries turns out to be humanity's last hope for survival. Fresh out of college, Chu Zhaoqing no longer has to worry about finding a job. Her greatest challenge now is joining forces with the people she trusts to face the coming apocalypse. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint. No little ones or pets. The romance is a 22Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 36 Apocalypse: I Awaken Metal Powers from the Start 末世：开局觉醒金属异能 [Apocalypse + Metal Powers + Prankster + Loyal and True + Stockpiling Supplies + Building a Faction + Battle Maid Squad] In the late stages of the apocalypse, Su Hang, a Metal Archmage, starves to death because his school belle girlfriend keeps an entire bag of spicy snacks to herself. Reborn three days before the apocalypse with a spatial ring, he’s not about to let himself go hungry this time. Even if nothing else goes his way, he’ll at least die with a full stomach. Three hundred ice cream 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Three Hundred Tang Corpse Strikes 唐尸三百手 Li Qing opened his eyes to find himself transmigrated to the height of the Kaiyuan era, in the body of Li Qing, the Tang Emperor Xuanzong's eighteenth son. He thought he was about to start an overpowered life in the Tang dynasty, but then a secret letter suddenly arrived from beyond the frontier: people at the border were devouring one another like beasts, and blood had flowed for three thousand miles. The Tang dynasty... was in danger! 40Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Apocalypse: Zombie Tide 末世【尸潮】 An unknown virus. A catastrophic disaster of epic proportions. In the face of death, everyone is equal. The apocalypse has arrived. Which is more deadly, zombies or human nature? Who is the mastermind behind the virus? And what is the purpose behind it all? This is an apocalyptic survival story with no supernatural abilities and two female leads, focusing on human nature amid the apocalypse and the elusive truth. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Vanishing Light: A Fungal Catastrophe 消失的光芒：真菌大灾变 On an ordinary, peaceful evening in HZ City, Zhang Ze was taking the subway home from work. Who could have guessed that the tense atmosphere would soon give way to panic and death? A chain of explosions, chaotic car crashes, terrified crowds fleeing, and zombies biting the living plunged the entire city into chaos. Zhang Ze fought tooth and nail to escape the streets, only to learn that cordyceps had already spread across the entire world… 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Doomsday G-Virus 末日G病毒 In a world overrun by a virus, I survive by writing in my diary. Today, I found a can of food in a supermarket and lived to see another day. 19Reads—Score314d adds
- 41 The Flare-Up 发病期 "In this zombie-infested wasteland, the only thing I care about is my little sister." Apocalypse + level-headed protagonist + running away + siblings + survival + slow burn, not a power fantasy + not a saint Chai Yu's smile never fades. His teacher scolds him, and he smiles. His parents go missing, and he smiles. His heart hurts as if a wire were being threaded through its chambers, and he still smiles. Everyone says he's bipolar, that he's in a manic phase. On the first day of the apocalypse, h 190Reads8.1Score12914d adds
- 42 Zombie Apocalypse: I Watch the Storms with a Smile 丧尸末日：我笑看风云 [Reborn + Superpowers + No Self-Sacrifice + No Female Lead + No Harem + Dark Revenge + Fast-Paced Plot + Overpowered Wish-Fulfillment] The zombie apocalypse swept across the globe, and most countries fell to the undead! In his previous life, Long Shen and his friends were brutally killed in the desolate wasteland by neighbors they had once helped, all because they were kindhearted. Reborn seven days before the apocalypse began, he started frantically stockpiling supplies! When his home wasn't co 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Hundred Twists and Turns 末世重生之百转千回 It turned out the ancient prophecy had merely been delayed. Apocalyptic disasters struck, and human hearts descended into chaos. In his previous life, Li Feng was a nobody who awakened halfway through his journey. He unexpectedly became reborn and grew rapidly under the “Prophecy of God.” Resolve, Demon Eyes, the Four Symbols, and even the Ancient Wilderness Domain; maidens, beauties, mature women, and a pair of sisters. From then on, he held power over the world by day and lay in the arms of be 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Open a Card Shop 末世降临，我开启了卡牌商店 Apocalypse + reborn + invincible A quick note: there is no female lead, just several female supporting characters. You know how it is. Lin Lu is a fan of the Card Master in the game League of Legends, and he has only ever played this one champion. After his 9,999th game with Card Master, Lin Lu finally fought his way out of Bronze and into Silver. But before he could celebrate, the apocalypse arrived. Strange weather, ferocious beasts on the prowl, and zombies overrunning the streets: scenes fro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Zombie Horde Incoming: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse on Campus 丧尸潮来袭，末日校园生存指南 [Apocalypse + Easygoing Daily Life + Sweet Romance + Growing Heroine + Gloomy, Contrasting Male Lead] Sunny high school girl He Tiantian x base’s young master Bai Yuli A catastrophe forced a high school girl, who had once lived a peaceful life, to grow up. Terrifying zombies and brutal tests of human nature. The polite upperclassman turned out to be the heir to a powerful organization; The taciturn, poker-faced upperclassman was actually a rather useless young Taoist priest; All kinds of sec 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Handbook 末日丧尸生存手册 (Also known as A Zombie Survival Handbook, an award-winning entry in the Lenghu writing contest) The apocalypse arrives, and a little zombie gradually carves out a place for itself through ruthless decisiveness. But danger is always just around the corner. Human organizations trying to launch a counterattack, powerful mutant beasts, and mysterious little gray men. Behind the apocalypse’s secret realms, there may be an unseen hand pulling the strings. 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Chronicles of the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世录 [No do-gooders!] This is a traditional apocalypse story. There is no System and no cheat ability. Anyone who survives is lucky, but luck does not last forever. One day, when the Goddess of Fortune no longer smiles on you, that is when you start losing everything. Even if you have already tried every means imaginable, there will be no turning things around. A friendly warning: the male and female leads are not do-gooders. There are do-gooders in this story, but they will not get a happy ending. 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A Zombie Horde Breaks Out, and I Start Reclaiming the Wasteland 丧尸潮暴发，我在末世开荒 Zombies erupted without warning, and the apocalypse threw the world into chaos. The long-awaited weekend of Su Hang, an ordinary office worker, was ruined by the hordes of zombies, forcing him to struggle for survival. He and his companions fought their way out of the city, overcame countless dangers, and rebuilt their home. No supernatural abilities, no golden finger, no System, no spatial storage, no saintly protagonist, and no massive stockpiling. This story is all about realism. P.S. The mai 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 An Office Worker's Doomsday Survival Log 打工人末日求生日志 [Strong Female Lead + Zombies + Apocalypse Survival + No Superpowers + Not a Power Fantasy + Survival Against the Odds] When zombies break out and the apocalypse descends, how long does it take to go from struggling to survive to holding up the sky? Yun Wei was just an ordinary office worker, until one day, zombies appeared in the office building where she worked... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Walking in the Darkness 行走于黑暗 When the end times arrive and everything familiar turns to ash, when the world becomes a wasteland, resources run out and technology regresses, people go hungry and danger lurks everywhere, forcing them to walk through darkness, will you have the courage to rebuild a home amid the ruins, end corruption and darkness, and welcome a brighter future? —Reads—Score—14d adds
